( it feels like adolin's here, guiding him to socialize again. kaladin didn't realize how much he missed him until now, being encouraged so similarly by tezcatlipoca. his friend from home always assured him that hanging out with others didn't require smiles and good humour, just presence of body and mind. he takes that advice and combines it with tezcatlipoca's.

blonds, he thinks, smiling. )

It's all the same to me. I can't promise a good mood, but I can promise I'll learn something. I already have—from you.

( watching people has always been a hobby. how they go about their day, how they interact with others. how they persist despite everything terrible happening in their lives—and everyone has something.

he has a drink to tezcatlipoca's words, again polishing off his glass. )

Name a time and place, Tez. I'll be there.